Abdomen
Stitches in right hypochondrium, when breathing (after one hour and three-quarters). Immediately on lying down again, a disagreeable rumbling in the abdomen, as though a looseness was coming on (immediately). Disagreeable flatulent rumbling in the bowels, at night, when lying down. The abdomen feels swelled;relieved by belching up a considerable quantity of wind. Stitches above the symphysis pubis.
Rectum and Anus
Tenesmus. Sensation in the anus as if he were sitting on a ball; as if the anus and a part of the urethra were filled up by a hard round body.
Stool
Painless yellow diarrhoea was present in every case (in about thirty provers). Two liquid stools, besides frequent ineffectual urging (first and second days). Had a discharge from the bowels (after five hours), and in half an hour had another. They were thing, yellow, and painless. The diarrhoea increased, and heat pervaded the abdomen internally, and frequent discharges of this kind followed, but entirely without pain. Constipation. Constipation followed the proving. In one or two cases, a little constipation for a few days. Costiveness.
Urinary Organs
Kidneys. Pain in the kidneys, when laughing. Burning in the kidneys. Aching in the kidneys, keeping him awake at night. Sharp stitches in both kidneys. Urethra. Slight inflammation of the orifice of the urethra. On squeezing the glans penis, a white glairy mucus oozes out. Uneasiness in the urethra. Feelings in the urethra as if there were a gonorrhoeal discharge. Pain and burning during urination. Burning pains in the urethra, worse in the evening. Burning and scalding before, during, and after urination. Intense burning at the orifice of the urethra, during urination and afterwards. Stitching in urethra. Stitches in urethra (second day). Stitching pains in urethra and anus for one minute (after one hour and three quarters). Stitching in the end of the urethra (after eleven hours). Stitching in end of urethra (evening and night), (second day). Stinging pain before, during, and after urination. Sharp prickings, like needles, in the urethra, so severe as to send a thrill to the cheeks and hands. Constant inclination to urinate (after one hour and three- quarters). Continual desire to urinate (second day). Although the urine had been voided on retiring, a great desire was felt to pass more, which he essayed to do, but could scarcely retained it until the vessel could be got ready (after four hours). No desire to urinate (first day). Urging to urinate, but he cannot pass a drop. Urging to urinate, with much straining. The urging continues after urination. Micturition. Frequent micturition of much urine. Frequent micturition in night, much in quantity. Urinating frequently, but in a small quantity. Frequent urination, with burning pain, in the evening. At night, frequent urinating; urine dark. Urinating every hour. Was obliged to urinate several times; at the beginning, with difficulty. Could not voluntarily retain the urine. Profuse colorless urine. Copious discharge of clear, light-colored urine. Immense flow of urine in a full, clear stream. As much urine was passed as is usually collected during the whole night (after four hours). He has to wait some time before the urine flows. He has to force out the last few drops with his hand. For several days, incomplete passage of urine, which could only be finished by violent pressure. The urine dribbles out after the stream ceases. The stream suddenly stops, and then flows on. The urine passes freely at times, then again in small quantities, with burning and biting. Urine. Urine clear, and in great quantity (third day). Thick red urine (second day). Urine darker, but without sediment and more scanty.
Sexual Organs
Male. Excitement of the genitals. Satyriasis. Erections while riding, walking, and also while sitting still; not caused by amorous thoughts. After coition, the erection continues so long and becomes so painful that he has to apply cold water to the penis. Violent erections. Priapism. Chordee. Penis relaxed and shrunken (after one hour and three- quarters). Uneasiness, with burning sensation in the penis and urethra, accompanied by frequent calls to urinate. The sexual thrill is very much prolonged, with more than a dozen ejaculations of semen. In the night, during coitus, little or no sensation. Scarcely any emission or sensation, but soon after a rather acute pain in the loins, which lasted a short time (quite unusual), (second day). The sexual thrill consists merely of an intense burning, with no ejaculation of semen. Sticking-burning soreness in the glans penis. Itching of the glans penis. Itching and burning of the scrotum. Aphrodisia. Aphrodisiac feeling to an unusual degree (after seven hours). Excessive venereal appetite, with frequent erections during the day. Excessive discharge of prostatic fluid, at night, during a hard evacuation. Female. Very profuse menstruation, which lasted five days (in two women, after 10 grains, on two occasions). Nymphomania. Excites sexual desire, but causes sterility.
Respiratory Organs
Voice. The pitch of the voice is much higher. Talks in so low a tone as not to be heard, and laughs excessively when told of it. Inability to measure the compass and volume of the voice when speaking. Cough. Rough cough, scratching the breast immediately under the sternum. Slight dry cough (after four hours), afterward becoming harder, but still dry, almost like a bark. Hard, dry cough (in about thirty provers). Respiration. Hot breath. Stertorous breathing. Difficult respiration. It requires great effort to take a deep inspiration. The least pressure on the stomach brings on a fit of suffocation. Desire for open air.
Chest
Pains in thorax (after forty-five minutes). Anxious sensation in chest, and rapid, irregular, small beats of the heart, almost all day (second day). Heaviness of chest in walking (after forty-five minutes). Burning in chest. On ascending some steps quickly, felt a constricted pain across the chest on a line with the heart; it only lasted a moment or two; never felt such a pain before (second day). Pains pressing, stitching, in thorax and extremities (after one hour and three-quarters). Oppression on chest. Oppression of the chest with a pressive and tightened sensation in the pit of the stomach. Oppression of the chest, with deep, labored breathing. He feels as if suffocated, and has to be fanned. Considerable oppression of chest, as if suffocation would surely supervene; increased by mounting the stairs. Stitches extending from both nipples through the chest. Sharp, cutting pain behind the sternum, aggravated by swallowing.
Heart and Pulse
Praecordium. Oppression in praecordium. Sense of weight in region of heart (soon after). Indescribable sensation of oppression about heart; feeling of sickness at heart; heart’s beating seemed to him to be very much embarrassed, sharp and quick, weak and small; its contractions seemed jerky. This condition of heart lasted until he went to bed, about 3 A.M. For a long time after, annoyed and alarmed by pains about the heart. Pricking pains, apparently on surface of heart, off and on. On breathing, the heart feels as if it rubbed against the ribs. Felt sick at the heart. (The last word really refers to the heart, and not to any other part). Anguish at the heart. Pain in the heart, with palpitation of the heart. Pressing pain in the heart, with dyspnoea the whole night. Sticking pains in small circumscribed places in the heart. Painful sticking as with the prongs of a fork in the heart. Stitches in the heart, accompanied by great oppression; the latter relieved by deep breathing. Heart’s Action. Impulse of the heart very weak, at times scarcely perceptible. Intense and rapid beating of heart, and widely dilated pupils (after half an hour). Small, uneven, anxious beats of the heart, when sitting or stooping (after three hours). Palpitation of the heart, awakening him from sleep. Painful palpitation of the heart. Pulse. Slight increase in the force of the pulse (after one hour). His pulse seemed to him to be full and bounding. His pulse began to throb heavily, and his head to be dizzy. Increased quickness of pulse. Pulse quickened. Slight increase of pulse. Pulse beating at a tremendous rate, but so feebly that he could not feel the impulse of the heart against the chest. Pulse, as counted by a friend, 120, full and bounding. It is usually about 84 at this time. His pulse he counted to be 130. Pulse 150-160 (after half an hour). Pulse very feeble (soon after). Pulse below the natural standard, as low as 46. Pulse very small and slow, with long intermissions. Pulse at the wrist frequently intermitting, often not noticed for a minute, and when it returned it was remarkably weak, and only felt with great care; afterwards it became more decided and more frequent and rose eighteen beats above the normal.
Neck and Back
Aching in the nape of the neck, in the right shoulder, and in the right ear. Back. Peculiar feeling like a stream of warm water, which gradually stole up the back, and made its way to the brain (after half an hour). Sensation as though a red-hot iron rod was passed from sacrum up the spine to the atlas, around the occiput, over the eyes from right side stopping at left ear, leaving a feeling as if charred, taking six hours to perform the passage. Stunning pain between the shoulder-blades. Pain across the shoulders and spine, forcing him to stoop, and preventing him from walking erect. 4 P.M. Pain very severe on the outer edge of trapezius muscle (second day). Reflex movements of spinal column; a wavelike motion beginning at dorsal region, and extending to pelvis, alternately raising and depressing first the dorsum, afterwards the pelvis, slowly and involuntarily. While the dorsum and shoulder were pressed against the bed, the lumbar and pelvic regions were slowly elevated, and then slowly but firmly depressed while the dorsum was slowly elevated. Cold feeling in small of back and between the shoulders.
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.